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ILLUSTRATED 

STORY  OF  THE  UNION 

IN   RHYME 


BV 

ROBERT  C.  jAJ)AMS 

AUTHOR  OF  "THE  HISTORY  OF  AMERICA"  "THE 
HISTORY  OF  ENGLAND,"  ETC. 


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COLUMBUS   BEFORE   FERDINAND    AND    ISABELLA. 

Christopher  Columbus,  discoverer  of  America,  born  in   Genoa  1435,  f''efl  ^n  Seville  1506, 
Discovered  San  Salvador  October  12,  1492. 


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CHRISTOPHER  COLUMBUS  BEFORE  FERDINAND  AND  ISABELIA     .        .  9 

BALBOA  AND  THE  PACIFIC 13 

DE  SOTO  AND  THE  MISSISSIPPI 1 7 

THE  MAYFLOWER.    FIRST  NEW  ENGLAND  WASH  DAY      .        .        .  21 

PURITANS  AND  INDIANS 25 

TRAINING  DAY  ON  BOSTON  COMMON 29 

FANEUIL  HALL,  THE  CRADLE  OF  LIBERTY 33 

PAUL  REVERE'S  FAMOUS  RIDE 37 

BOSTON  BOYS  AND  GENERAL  GAGE 41 

GEORGE  WASHINGTON 45 

THE  MINUTE  MEN 4? 

WASHINGTON  AT  VALLEY  FORGE 53, 

INDEPENDENCE  HALL,  PHILADELPHIA .  57 

BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN 61 

THOMAS  JEFI-ERSON 65 

READING  DECLARATION  OK  INDEPENDENCE.        .  69 

JOHN  QUINCY  ADAMS 73 


ILLUSTRATIONS. 

CHARGING  AN  INDIAN  CAMP •        «  77 

BATTLE  OF  BUENA  VISTA Si 

DANIEL  WEBSTER 85 

BUNKER  HILL  MONUMENT 89 

ABRAHAM  LINCOLN 93 

MARY  A.  LIVERMORE 97 

GENERAL  WILLIAM  T.  SHERMAN 101 

CARICATURING  THE  MILITIA 105 

GENERAL  ULYSSES  S.  GRANT 109 

GENERAL.  PHILIP  SHERIDAN 113 

CAPTAIN  JOHN  ERICSSON  AND  THE  MONITOR     .        .        .        .        .117 

ADMIRAL  DAVID  FARRAGUT 121 

GENERAL  JOHN  A.  LOGAN 125 

MRS.  HARRIET  BEECHER  STOWK 129 

BATTLE  OF  GETTYSBURG 133 

GENERAL  JAMES  A.  GARFIELD 137 

MRS.  LUCRETIA  GARFIELD 141 

GENERAL  BENJAMIN  F.  BUTLER 145 

GROVER  CLEVELAND 149 

BENJAMIN  HARRISON 153 


BALHOA  AND  THE   PACIFIC. 


PREFACE. 

This  History   of  the    United    States 
Tis   not   pretended   higher   rates 

Than  Bancroft,  Barnes  or  Lossing ! 
But  to  the  student  pressed  for  time, 
This  condensation  clothed  in  rhyme 

'Tis   hoped   will   prove   a   blessing. 


ILLUSTRATED   STORY   OF  THE 
UNION   IN   RHYME. 

DISCOVERIES. 

About  the  year   ten    hundred  two, 

So   Iceland's  legends    say, 
Norwegians    saw   America 

From   Greenland  to    Cape   May. 
Four    hundred   years    of  silence    came, 

The    Northmen's    trips   had    ceased, 
"When    Europe's    enterprise   sought    out 

The   commerce    of   the    East, 
In    Christopher    Columbus'   day, 

A    Genoese    by  birth, 
Who,  studying    navigation,  guessed 

The  roundness   of   the    earth,  19 


20  Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme. 

And  said    that    Asia    might    be    reached 

By  sailing  to   the    West : 
Spain's  Ferdinand   and   Isabel 

Gave    means   to   make   the    test. 
They  fitted  out    two    caravels, 

Columbus   bought   a   third, 
Aug.  3, 1492.      And   sailed   from   Palos,    in  old    Spain, 

With    sixscore   men    on  board. 
When    seventy   days  of  fruitless    search 

Had  wearied  out  his    crew, 
Oct.  12, 1492.    Columbus  saw   San  Salvador 

In    fourteen    ninety-two. 
When  Cuba,   San  Domingo's   shore, 

And  smaller  isles  were  seen, 
He    carried    back  to    Spain  next  year 

The   tidings    to  the   Queen. 
John    Cabot   gained  from    Henry   Seventh 

A   patent   to  explore, 
And  with  his  son  Sebastian    found 
July  3, 1497-          The   coast   of  Labrador. 


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Sebastian   fourteen  ninety-eight 

A   second   voyage  made, 
And  searched  to    Carolina's   shore,  1498. 

For   purposes   of  trade. 
He    afterwards   found   Hudson's  Bay,  1517. 

And   when   King   Henry  died, 
For   Spain   he    voyaged   to  Brazil,  iS36. 

_  And  saw   La  Plata's   tide. 
Columbus    Orinoco   saw,  Aug.  10,  i498. 

In   fourteen   ninety-eight, 
But   rivals   sent   him  home  in    chains, 

To   gratify   their   hate. 
The    Queen    released  him,   and   lie  sailed 

Once    more   the    westward    way, 
But   ere   returning   she    had  died 

And    enemies   held   sway. 
'Columbus,  suffering   from  neglect, 

At   Valladolid   died ;  May  20)  1506. 

His   bones   beneath   Havana's  soil, 

In    Cuba,    now    abide. 


24  Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union   in  Rhyme. 

He    made    four    voyages   in  all, 

Formed   settlements    abroad, 
But   never   knew   the    magnitude 

Of   what   he   had   explored. 
Discoveries   were    concealed  by   Spain, 

And   jealous  rivals   hurled 
Such   calumnies,    Columbus   lost 

The   naming   of  a   world.^ 
Americus  Vespucius, 

A  Florentine,   made    claim 
That   he   discovered   the   New   World, 

And   thus  it  bears   his   name. 
He   sailed   to   South   America 
1499-  In   fourteen  ninety-nine, 

1504.          And,  five   years  later,   made   reports 

That   favored  his  design. 
Cortereal,   for   Portugal, 
1500.  Six   hundred  miles   or  more 

Of  North   America   explored, 

And  off  to    slavery   bore 


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Some   fifty  of  the   Indians. 

In  this   unholy   strife, 
Upon  a   second   rash   attempt,  1501. 

He    forfeited   his   life. 
The  Frenchmen    came  to  Newfoundland  »s<>4. 

To  fish,   in   fifteen   four, 
They   named   Cape   Breton    and  explored 

The    great  St.   Lawrence>  shore. 
Some  voyagers   saw    Yucatan, 

And,   fifteen   hundred   ten, 
Balboa  with   a  colony 

Encamped   at  Darien.  ,s,0. 

In  fifteen   thirteen,   he   the  great  sept.  29,  J5ij, 

Pacific   Ocean   spied, 
And    took   possession    for   old   Spain, 

Of  all  its  boundless  tide. 
Juan    Ponce   De    Leon,   fifteen    twelve, 

The    Fount   of  Youth   to  gain, 
Discovering   Florida,    was   made  April  6,  ,5i2, 

Its   governor   by    Spain. 


28  Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme. 

1521.          But  when  he   came  to   settle    there, 

The    Indians   defied 
The   Spaniards,   who   to   Cuba   fled, 

Where   Ponce   de    Leon   died. 
1517.         Then   Cordova   found    Mexico: 
1518  Grijalva   searched   anew, 

J5I9-2I.        And   Cortes   conquered    Mexico, 
i53i.  Pizarro   took  Peru. 

1520.          De  Ayllon,   seeking   Indian  slaves, 

From   San  Domingo  sailed 
To    Carolina   for  his   prey ; 
1525-  A   second   voyage   failed. 

1523-          John   Verrazani  sailed   from   France, 

In   fifteen   twenty-three, 
And  leaving  Carolina  reached 
1524.  The  fiftieth   degree. 

1528.         Narvaez   went   to    Florida 

New   settlements   to   form ; 

In   crazy   boats   he   fled  to   sea, 

And   perished   in   a   storm. 


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De   Soto,   Cuba's   governor, 

Came  next   with   crowded   ranks  ; 
He   marched   three   thousand   miles,  and   died 

On    Mississippi's   banks. 
One   half  of  his  six   hundred   died, 

The   rest  resolved   to  flee, 
And,   failing   to   escape   by   land, 

Built   boats   and   reached   the   sea. 
Jacques   Cartier,   in   thirty-four,  1534. 

Two   ships  took   out  from    France, 
And   made   attempt   in    Canada 

French   glory   to  advance. 
Next   year   he   made   a   second    trip, 

And   on   St.    Lawrence    day,  1535. 

Explored   the    Gulf  that   took   this   name 

And   up  its  stream   made   way. 
The   vessels   anchored   at   Quebec, 

And,   taking   boats,    he   came 
To   Hochelaga's   Isle,    and   gave 

To   Montreal    its   name. 


32  Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme. 

Again,   in   fifteen   forty-one, 
»M*-  He   voyaged   to   Quebec, 

And   near   the    village   built   a   fort, 

The    Indians   to   check. 
He   left   ere   Roberval   appeared, 
Who,   sent   out   by   the   King 
1543.          To  act   as   viceroy,    sailed   again 

Disheartened,    in   the   spring. 
1542          Cabrillo,   fifteen   forty-two, 

Explored  by   Spain's  command, 
From    Acapulco,   steering   north, 

Along   the   Western   land. 
Coligny,   Admiral  of  France, 

A  place   of  refuge  gave 
To   persecuted   Huguenots 

Across    the    Atlantic    wave. 
A  squadron  under   Ribault   sailed 
«s&-  And   reached    Port   Royal    Bay; 

A   colony    of  twenty-six 
Decided   there   to  stay. 


Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme.  35 

To   honor   Charles   the   Ninth,   the   laud 

Was    Carolina   styled ; 
But   failing   to   receive   supplies, 

They   left   the   Western   wild. 
Another  expedition   came, 

Led    by   Laudonniere, 
To   the   St.    John's,   in   Florida,  1564. 

And   built   a   fortress   there. 
This   rousing   Spanish  jealousy, 

Melendez  brought  a   crew, 
Who,   settling  at  St.   Augustine,  1565. 

Nine    hundred   Frenchmen    slew. 
A  fiery  Gascon   named   De   Gourges, 

In   anger   crossed   the   seas, 
Secured   two   hundred   prisoners 

And   hung   them   to   the   trees. 
He   fled,   and   Spain   retained   the   land; 

St.   Augustine    thus   rates 
The   oldest   town   existing  now 

Within   the   United   States. 


36  Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme. 

1576-77.        For  gold,   and   northwest   passages 

To   reach   East   Indian   trade, 
Three  unsuccessful  voyages 
By   Frobisher   were    made. 
1578-80.        In   seventy-nine,    Sir   Francis   Drake 

Passed    California's   coast ; 
And    John    de   Fnca,   later  on, 

Still   further   search   could    boast. 
Sir  Humphrey    Gilbert  for  his   queen 
Made    claim    to    Newfoundland ; 

1583.  His   little   vessel   of  ten    tons 

Went   down    with    all   its    band. 

1584.  Then   Walter   Raleigh   for  himself, 

With   patents   to   explore, 
Sent   Amidas   and    Barlow  out 

To   Carolina's   shore. 
The  land    was   called    Virginia 

By  England's   virgin    queen, 
And   Raleigh,    knighted,    sent  more    ships 

To   settle   his   demesne. 


FAMOUS   HIDE   OF   PAUL   REVERE. 


Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme.  39 

Sir  Richard    Grenville   led   the   fleet  1585. 

And   founded  Roanoke; 
But    Indian    hostility 

They   managed   to   provoke, 
And   after   suffering   much   distress, 

Were    eager   to    forsake 
The   colony,   and   go   on   board 

The    ships    of   Francis    Drake.  1586. 

They  scarce  had  sailed  when  ships  arrived 

With   bountiful    supplies ; 
And    Grenville   landed   fifteen    men 

To   hold   the   enterprise. 
Then    Raleigh   sent   more    emigrants 

With    Governor   White,   who   found  1587. 

The    bones   of  all   the    fifteen    men 

Exposed   upon  the   ground. 
Returning   home   to   get   supplies, 

He    left   a   hundred    there, 
Among    whom  was   the   first   born   child 

They    called  Virginia    Dare. 


40  Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  lilujme. 

1590.          Three   years   elapsed   before  John   White 

The   settlement   regained; 
The   colony  had   disappeared, 
No   vestige    then   remained. 
Sir   Walter   sent   five   different  times, 

But   never   found   a   trace; 
'Tis   thought   they  joined    the   Indians, 

And   mingled   with    their  race. 
i6oz.          Gosnold,   in   sixteen  hundred    two, 
Explored  and  named    Cape   Cod; 
1603.          Then    Martin    Pring,   and    Weymouth   next, 
1605.  Maine's   territory    trod. 

VIRGINIA. 

The   chartered   London    Company, 

A   settlement   to  form, 
Sent  Newport   out  to   Roanoke, 

But,   driven   by   a   storm, 
He   found    the    Bay   of  Chesapeake, 

Up   the    James   River   came, 


Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  iu  PJujme.  4$ 

May   twenty-third,   in    sixteen    seven;  May  13,1607. 

Thus   Jamestown   took   its   name. 
Gosnold,  projector   of  the   plan, 

And  half  the   settlers   died; 
The   rulers  proving   weak   and   bad, 

John   Smith   was   wisely   tried. 
He    organized   the   colony, 

But,    travelling   through    the   lands, 
Was   captured,  and    two   men   were    slain 

By   savage   Indian   bands. 
Condemned   to  die,   his  life   was   saved 

By    Pocahontas'   love, 
Who,   clinging   to   his    neck,   detained 

The   clubs   that   swung   above. 
The   settlement  was   reinforced 

With  idle   gentlemen ; 
An  accident   made    Smith   go  home; 

Disaster   followed   then ; 
And   as  the   starving   colonists 

Were   sailing  far   away, 


44  Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme. 

Lord    Delaware  with  full  supplies 
1610.  Arrived  within   the   bay. 

i6n.          Then   Gates  canie   out   with  working   men, 

Prosperity  returned ; 
1613          Fair   Pocahontas   married   Rolfe; 

Powhatan's   love   was   earned. 
By  emigration   every   year, 

The    State  was   firmly  planted; 
1621.          King  James,   in   sixteen   twenty-one, 

A   constitution   granted. 

NEW  ENGLAND— MASSACHUSETTS. 

The   Plymouth  Company   resolved 

New  lands   abroad   to   gain ; 
An   unsuccessful  settlement 
1607.  George   Popham   made  in    Maine. 

1614.          In  sixteen   fourteen,   brave  John  Smith 

The   region   well   explored, 
And,  naming  it   New  England,   sailed 
To  spread   its   fame   abroad. 


GEORGE   WASHINGTON. 

Born  1732,  died  1799.    Commander-in-chief  of  the  Colonial  Forces,  War  of  Independence. 
Elected  first  President  of  the  United  States  1789. 


Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme.  47 

He    came    to   form   a  colony 

With  sixteen   men  next  year, 
But,  captured   by   French  pirates,   lost  '615. 

His   ship   and  all   its  gear. 
The   persecuted  Puritans 

Away   from  England   fled  ; 
John    Robinson,   in  sixteen  eight,  «6o&. 

His   faithful   followers   led 
To  Leyden,  where  they   formed   a  church 

And   heard  Dutch   sailors    tell 
Of  favored   lands    across    the    sea, 

Where    they   in   peace   might   dwell. 
An  embassy,    to    England   sent, 

Got   leave    to    colonize, 
And   London  merchants  furnished    means 

To   purchase  their    supplies. 
Although  the  Speedwell's  courage   failed, 

The    Mayflower   spread  her  sails 
At  Plymouth,   with   a   hundred   souls,  Sept.  6,1620. 

And  braved  the  Atlantic   gales. 


48  Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme. 

They  sailed   nine   weeks  arid  safely  reached 

The  harbor  of   Cape   Cod, 
Rejoicing  in  a    land   that  gave 

Freedom  to  worship    God. 
They   gathered   in   the   cabin   there, 

A   constitution    wrote, 
And   made    John  Carver   governor, 

By   universal    vote. 

They  set   their  feet   on   Plymouth   Rock, 
1620.  December   twenty-second, 

In   sixteen    twenty ;    from    this   date 

The   settlement  is  reckoned. 
The   governor   and   nearly   half 

Of  all   the    little    nation, 
Ere    summer   came   had   lost   their   lives 

Through   sickness   and    privation. 
i6ai.         Their  hopes  were   dull,   when   Samoset, 

An   Indian    chief,    appeared, 
And  shouting,    "Welcome,    Englishmen!" 

Their  drooping    spirits    cheered. 


THE    MINUTE   MEN. 


Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme.  51 

A   treaty,    formed    with    Massassoit, 

For   fifty   years  was  kept; 
And    Bradford    thirty   years    was   made 

The    ruler's   place    to   accept. 
A   colon}-,   at   Weymouth  formed, 

Aroused    the    Indian    foe ; 
Miles   Standish   to   the    rescue    came  ,6a3. 

In   time    to    avert    the    blow. 
John   Endicott,   with   five    score  men,  ,6a8. 

To   Salem    came    to    stay, 
And   there    he  formed   the    colony 

Of  Massachusetts   Bay. 
Next  year    "three   godly   ministers"  1629. 

Two  hundred   settlers   brought 
From  England,  and  on  Charlestown  Neck 

A  residence    they    sought. 
John    Winthrop   fifteen    hundred   brought, 

In    sixteen    hundred   thirty, 
And    Boston,  with  its  neighboring  towns,         .630. 

Was   settled   by   this  party. 


52  Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme. 

1635.  Three   thousand  settlers   came   one   year, 

Among  them    Henry    Vane, 

1636.  Who  served   a  year  as   governor 

And   sailed   for   home   again. 
The  Puritans  most  highly   prized 

The  freedom   they    had   bought, 
But  yet   denied    to   other  men 

The   liberty   of  thought. 
In   Salem,    Roger   Williams  preached 

That   rulers   had   no   right 
To   dictate  in  religious   things, 

Man's   conscience    is   his   light. 
1635.         He,   banished,   fled   to   wintry   wilds 

Where   savages  abounded; 
Canonicus   then   gave   him  land; 
,637.  Rhode    Island   thus   was   founded. 

Anne    Hutchinson's   peculiar   creed 

Caused   Boston   much   dissension ; 

1637.  Imprisonment,    then   banishment, 

Were   meted   bv   convention. 


WASHINGTON   AT  VALLEY   KuRGE, 


Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme.  55 

New  England's  colonies   were   joined,  1643. 

In    sixteen    forty-three, 
Except    Rhode    Island,    which   had   failed 

With    Plymouth    to   agree. 
Ten    Quakers,    who   had   crossed    the   sea, 

Were    back   to    England   shipped,  1656. 

But    others    came,    and,  for    their  faith, 

Were    hanged,    imprisoned,    whipped. 
But   when    the    persecutions  ceased,  1661. 

The    Quaker    zeal  was   staid, 
And   seconding   John    Eliot's    work, 

They   gave   the    Indians  aid. 
Xjrood    Massassoit  kept    the    peace ; 

By   English   growth    made    sore, 
His    son    the    friendly   treaties   broke, 

And   waged    King    Philip's   war.  1675. 

^New    England's   fiercest    Indian   tribes 

This    wrathful    chieftain    led, 
And   fearful    slaughter   raged   a   year, 

Till   Church    cut   off  his   head.  1676. 


56  Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Ehyme. 

Two  judges,    who   condemned   Charles   First* 

Were   sheltered   in    the   land; 
1660.          This  brought  a   Navigation   Act 

From    Charles   the    Second's   hand. 
It   favored   England    in  their   trade, 

And  hindered    foreign   barter, 
1683.          And    Charles,    to   gain    control,   annulled 

The    Massachusetts  charter. 
,686.          James   Second   all   New    England's   States 

A   royal   province    made; 
1686.          Sir   Edmund   Andros   was   sent   out 

The    government   to   aid. 
But   when    King    James   had   lost   his   throne,. 

This    tyrant    went   to  jail, 
1689.          And   Boston's   patriots  sent   him   home, 

With    fifty   more,   by   sail. 
In    three   years   more   Sir    William    Phipps 
i6g».  Was   sent   his  place   to   fill ; 

New   England's    colonies   remained 
A   royal   province   still. 


INDEPENDENCE   HALL,    PHILADELPHIA. 

Place  where  the  Declaration  of  Independence  was  signed  July  4,  1776. 


Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme. 

Belief  in   witchcraft   cursed   the   land  169*. 

In   sixteen   ninety-two ; 
Wise   Cotton   Mather   and   great   men 

Declared   the   doctrine    true. 
In   Salem    persecution    raged, 

In  jail    were  hundreds   flung, 
By  torture   fifty-five    confessed, 

And   twenty   folks   were   hung. 

NEW  YORK. 

The    Dutch   sent    Henry  Hudson    out,  1609, 

Who   came    to  New    York   Bay, 
And   up   the   river   Hudson   made 

For   sixty   leagues   his   wa}\ 
In   sixteen   thirteen    Adrian    Block 

First   Hell    Gate's   passage    made  ; 
And   many   ships   then    came    to  seek 

The  fur    and   peltry   trade. 
The   Dutch   East   India   Company, 

In  sixteen   twenty-three, 


60  Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme. 

Sent    thirty   families    of  Walloons 

With    May    across   the   sea. 
These   people    were    French   Protestants 

Who   into   Holland    fled; 
1626.          Eight   families  formed   Albany, 

The   rest  at   Brooklyn    stayed. 
In   twenty-six    came    Minuit, 

Dutch   power   to    augment ; 
The    Indians    sold    Manhattan    Isle, 

Ten   acres   for   a    cent. 
Fierce   warfare    with   the    Indians 

Gave   twenty   years    of  care ; 
1655.          The   Dutch   by   force   of  arms   subdued 

The  Swedes   of  Delaware. 
1664.         An   English   fleet   arrived   in    port, 

In   sixteen  sixty-four, 
Demanding   for   the   Duke   of  York 

Surrender   of  the   shore. 
The    Council   yielded   up   the   place 

Against   Stuyvesant's   pleas ; 


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The  English  flag  above   New    York 

Then  floated  on   the  breeze. 
The   Dutch,   in   sixteen  seventy-three,  '673. 

Through   treason   gained    the    town; 
But  gave  it,   after   sixteen   months, 

Again   to   England's   crown. 
The   tyranny   of  governors 

Made  Leisler  take   the   rule, 
Whom   Sloughter  most   unjustly   hung,  1691. 

By  liquor  made   a  fool. 
Against   West   India  pirate   craft 

They  sent  out   Captain    Kidd,  i6» 

Who   hoisted   up   the   pirate's  flag, 

"And    wickedly   he    did." 
In   politics   the   Democrats 

Were   led   by   Rip  Van   Dam,  ryj* 

And   party   strife,   for  many   years, 

Kept   passions   in   a  flame. 
The   people   feared   the   "Negro   Plot,"  1741. 

To   burn   New   York   for  gold, 


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And  nearly   eighty    colored   folks 

Were   hanged,   or  burned,   or  sold. 

*' ' 

MARYLAND. 

Lord   Maryland  secured   a   grant 

Beyond   Potomac's   shore ; 
1634.         The  persecuted    Catholics, 

In   sixteen   thirty-four, 
From    England   to   St.    Mary's   came 

In  search   of   toleration, 
1635-45-        And   Maryland   was   opened   to 

The   oppressed   of  every   nation. 
Dissension   came,  and   Clayborne   twice 

Against   the   crown   rebelled ; 
The   Protestants   unjustly   used 

The   powers  that   they    held. 
In   civil   wars  and  party   strifes 

The   time   was   largely  spent, 
1715.         Until  the   fourth   Lord   Baltimore 

Secured  the  government. 


THOMAS    JEFFERSON. 

Born  1743,  died  1826,  framed  Declara'ion  of  Independence  June  28,  1776,  signed  July  4,  1776, 
elected  third  President  of  the  United  States  1801. 


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CONNECTICUT. 

The   river   of  Connecticut 

Was  found   by   Adrian   Block,  1614. 

In   sixteen   fourteen,    and   the    Dutch 

Its  trading   chances   took. 
Earl   Warwick  got  a   grant   of  land,  1630. 

Expressed   in   current   notion, 
"From    Narragansett   River   to 

The   great   Pacific    Ocean." 
He    soon   transferred  his   interest  1631. 

To   Say-and-Seal   and   Brooke, 
Who   towards   the   region's   settlement 

Some   active   measures   took. 
In   sixteen   hundred   thirty-three 

Holmes'    colony   was  made  1633. 

At  Windsor;    Steele  then  brought  a  band          1635. 

Who   near  to   Hartford   stayed. 
A  hundred    more,   from    Boston,  joined  ^36. 

Their   friends   the   following   year, 


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"The   light  of  Western    Churches"  styled, 
Good   Hooker  gave   them    cheer. 

1636.  John   Winthrop   built   the    Saybrook    fort, 

And   made   a   colony  there, 
Determined   that   these  fertile   lands 
The   Dutchmen   should   not  share. 

1637.  The   Pequod   War  distressed   the   land, 

And    thirty  men   were  slain; 
The   Narragansetts   were   induced 

As   allies   to   remain 
By  Roger   Williams,   and   they  joined 

The  troops   of  Captain    Mason, 
Inflicting   on    the    Pequod   tribe 

Complete   extermination. 
John   Davenport,   with    London   friends, 

1638.  Arranged    New    Haven's   site ; 
Church   members   were    the  only   men 

Who   held   the  voter's    right. 
rf6».         A  Royal   Charter  was  obtained 
In   sixteen    sixty-two ; 


READING  THE   DECLARATION    OK   INDEPENDENCE   ON   THE   FOURTH   OF  JULY, 


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The   Colonies   of  Connecticut 

A  bond  of  union  drew. 
When  Andros  came  with  sixty  men, 

The  charter  to  revoke, 
Brave  Captain  Wads  worth  hid  it  safe  1687. 

Within   the   "charter   oak." 

DELAWARE. 

The  Dutch   came  out  to  Delaware  1631. 

In   sixteen    thirty-one, 
But  savages  destroyed   them   all 

Before   a  year  was  gone. 
Then   Swedes  established   colonies  1638. 

In  sixteen  thirty-eight; 
But  Dutch  and  English  finally, 

Secured  the   little   State. 

NEW  JERSEY. 

New   Jersey's  settlement   was  made  1664. 

In  sixteen  sixty-four, 


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And   Carteret  and   Berkeley  both 

The  landed   titles  bore. 
1676.         West  Jersey  passed   within   the   hands 

Of  Quakers  and   of  Penn, 
Until   in   seventeen  hundred   two, 
1702.  It  joined   the   East  again, 

And   both  were   subject  to   New  York 

Till   seventeen   thirty-eight, 
1738.          When   Governor   Lewis    Morris   ruled 
New   Jersey  separate. 

THE   CAEOLINAS. 

1663.         Lord   Clarendon  and  seven  friends, 

In   sixteen   sixty-three, 
Secured   the  Carolina   lands 

From   Charles   the   Second  —  free. 
The   colonies   of  Albemarle 

And   Carteret   were   formed; 
To   Charleston's   genial   settlement 

Both   Dutch  and   Huguenots   swarmed. 


JOHN   QUINCY  ADAMS. 

Born  1767,  died  1848,  elected  senator  from  Massachusetts  1803,  appointed  Minister  to  France, 
Secretary  of  State  1817,  Monroe  Administration;  President,  1825. 


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In   seventeen   hundred  twenty-nine 

A   separation   came ;  1729. 

Then   Carolina,   North  and   South, 

The   royal   rule   proclaim. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Good   William    Perm,   in    eighty-two,  l68** 

Brought   out   a   chartered  right, 
And   bargained   fairly    with   the    Swedes 

For    Philadelphia's   site. 
He   paid   respect   to  Indian   tribes, 

And   treated   them   as   men ; 
The    Indians   in   turn   resolved 

"  To   live   in   love    with    Penn." 
He   went   to   England   to   reside  1684. 

In   sixteen   eighty-four, 
But   came   again   in  ninety-nine,  -699. 

Remaining   two   years   more. 
His   heirs   controlled   the   government 

Till   revolution    came ; 


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1779-          The   State   of  Pennsylvania 

Then   paid   them   for   their   claim. 

GEORGIA. 

*733-          Good    General   Oglethorpe   came    out, 

In   seventeen   thirty-three, 
And   at   Savannah  formed   a   home, 
Where   debtors   might   be   free. 

KING  WILLIAM'S  WAR. 

King   William's   costly   war  with   France 
For  seven   years   was   waged, 

1689.  Canadian,    French,   and    Indian   bands 

The   colonists    enraged. 
1690          Schenectady,   and   other   towns, 

These   foes   attacked   and   burned ; 
The   colonists   were   then   aroused, 
And   warfare   was   returned. 

1690.  Port   Royal,   in   Acadia, 

Was   plundered   by   a   fleet, 


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But   forces   sent   to   Canada 
Encountered    sore   defeat. 


QUEEN  ANNE'S  WAR. 

Queen    Anne's    War    made    with   France 

and    Spain,  I7oa. 

In   seventeen   hundred   two, 
Awoke   the   French   and   Indian 

Hostilities    anew. 
The   town   of  Deerfield   was   destroyed,  1704. 

And   all   the   frontier   flamed ; 
Port  Royal,    by   the   colonists   seized, 

Annapolis   was   named.  1710. 

South   Carolina   fruitlessly  1702. 

Attacked   St.  Augustine  ; 
A   British   fleet   and   troops   were   sent 

To   Boston   by   the   Queen, 
And   led   by   Walker   made   attempt .  1711. 

Again   to   take    Quebec: 


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Eight   ships  were  lost;  nine  hundred   men 
All   perished   in   the   wreck. 

KING  GEORGE'S  WAR. 

For   thirty  years   repose   was   had, 

Till   seventeen   forty-four, 

When   France    and   England  broke   the   peace 
1744-  And    caused   King   George's   War. 

The   English   captured   Louisburg, 

But  gave   it   back   again, 
And  failing   to   make  boundaries, 

Let   cause   of  war   remain. 

FRENCH-INDIAN  WAR  AND  REVOLUTION. 

1754-         This    brought   the   French   and   Indian    War, 

Disputed  lands   to   gain, 
Which   sixteen   million   dollars   cost, 

And   thirty   thousand   men. 
1755.        Defeat  was  met   at   Fort  du   Quesne, 

And    Braddock   lost   his   life; 


E   BATTLE   OF   BUENA   VISTA. 

M  Down  the  hills  of  Angostura  still  the  storm  of  battle  rolls; 
Blood  is  flowing,  men  are  dying ;  God  have  mercy  on  their  souls ! " 


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George  Washington  then  showed  his  skill, 

Retreating  from   the   strife. 
In   fifty -eight   he  led   the   attack  i758. 

Retrieving  this   disgrace, 
And    Pittsburg,  named   for  William  Pitt, 

Now   stands   upon   the   place. 
Crown    Point,    Ticonderoga,   both  1759. 

Were   yielded   by  the   foe, 
Niagara   was  then   obtained  1759- 

By  Johnson   and    Prideaux. 
Acadia   and    Louisburg,  I7S7. 

With   all   Cape   Breton's   isle, 
Were  gained;  and  Wolfe  secured  Quebec,         1759. 

Expiring   with   a  smile. 
The   Paris   treaty   closed   the   war,  1763. 

In   seventeen    sixty-three, 
And   England   held   the   continent 

Across  from   sea   to   sea. 
The   thirteen   colonies  progressed 

In   wealth   and   population, 


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Oppressions  of  the  parent  land 
Aroused   their  indignation. 

Their  manufactures   were   suppressed, 
All   foreign   trade   prevented, 

And  taxes  laid  by  parliaments, 
Where  none   were  represented. 

Their  homes  were   searched   by  officers 
With   Writings  of  Assistance: 

James   Otis   gave   the   trumpet   call 
That   roused   the  first  resistance. 
1765.     .       The   Stamp   Act   stirred   the   populace, 
And   mobs   defied   the  law; 

The   Sons  of  Liberty  combined, 
And   home-made   clothes   they   wore. 

The   English  merchants  losing  trade, 

1766-  The   Stamp  Act  was  repealed; 

Then  William   Pitt  and   Edmund   Burke 
Their  love   of  right  revealed. 
On   colors,   paper,   glass   and  tea 

1767-  New  taxes  soon   were   laid, 


DANIEL    WEBSTER. 

Born  1782,  Died  1852.     Orator  and  Statesman. 


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And   Boston   had  to   tolerate 

An    English   Board    of  Trade. 
Then  England    sent   some   soldiers  out, 

And   passed    the    Mutiny    Act, 
Which   ordered    colonists   to   provide 

All   things   the    soldiers   lacked. 
Two   regiments,    with   General   Gage,  76* 

On  Boston    town    were    quartered; 
The   State    Street   massacre   took  place ;       Man*  5, 1770. 

Three   citizens  were   slaughtered. 
The   rising  of  the   populace 

Filled    England  with   alarm; 
.By  taking   duties   off  of  goods, 

She   sought   to   undo   the   harm. 
But  just   to   keep   the   principle, 

The   tax  was  kept  on   tea, 
And    Boston's   patriots   emptied   out  Dec.  16,1773. 

A   portion    in   the   sea. 
Of  Massachusetts,    General   Gage  1774. 

The   governor   was   made. 


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1774.         The   Boston   Port  Bill   then   was   passed* 

Which   closed   its   foreign   trade. 
A  Continental   Congress    held, 

In   seventeen   seventy-four, 
In   Philadelphia,   resolved 

The   English   acts  to   ignore. 
New   York,    Virginia,   and   the    South 

Were   filled    with   freedom's  breath, 
And    echoed  Patrick    Henry's   cry 

For   liberty   or  death. 
Eight   hundred   men   were   sent   by   Gage 

For   arms    at   Concord  stored; 
The   famous  ride  of  Paul    Revere 

Soon   spread   the    news   abroad. 
April  19,  1775.    The    minute    men    at   Lexington, 

Opposed   the    advancing   host: 
The    British  fired    on    the  band, 

And   eight   good   lives   were    lost. 
At  Concord  they  destroyed  the  stores 

And  hastily   returned, 


BUNKER   HILL   MONUMENT,    AT   CHARLESTOWN,   MASS. 

Erected  to  commemorate  the  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  June  17,  1775. 


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For  all  the   country  was   aroused ; 

Each  man  for  vengeance   burned. 
From   houses,    fences,    trees  and   rocks 

The  musket  bullets   sped, 
And    near   three   hundred  men  were  lost, 

As   home  the   soldiers-  fled. 
Ticonderoga   and    Crown  Point  »775« 

Americans   secured, 
And   large  supplies  of  stores   and   guns, 

Much  needed,   were   procured. 
A  second   congress  met  to   raise 

An  army   for  the    land : 
George  Washington  was  authorized 

To   take  the   chief  command. 
Near   twenty  thousand   fighting  men 

Surrounded   Boston  soon, 
And    battle   raged   at   Bunker   Hill  June  17,1775. 

The   seventeenth   of  June. 
The   British   twice   fled   down   the   hill, 

But   on '  the   third   attack, 


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The  ammunition  being  spent, 

They  drove   the    "  Yankees "   back. 
Dec  3i,  1775.    Montgomery  attacked   Quebec, 

But  fell   when   first   they   fired ; 
They  wounded  Arnold,   Morgan   seized, 

The   rest  in   spring  retired. 
The   Heights   of  Dorchester  were   armed 

By   colonists   at  night, 
March  17, 1776.    The   English  under   General   Howe 

To   Halifax   made   flight. 
Eleven  months  they'd    Boston   held, 

While   troops   besieged   it   round ; 
They  pillaged   houses,   rifled   shops, 

Profaning   "holy  ground." 
The   English   fleet   to   Charleston  sailed, 
June  28, 1776.         And  on   Fort   Moultrie   fired ; 

The   Southern   guns   replied  so   well, 

The  shattered  ships  retired. 
July   the   fourth,   in   seventy-six, 
July  4, 1776.          Was  passed  the   Declaration 


ABRAHAM   LINCOLN. 

Born  1809,  assassinated  April   14,  1865,  elected  President    1860,  re-elected  President  1864, 
issued  Emancipation  Proclamation  January  i,  1863. 


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That  made   the    united   colonies 

An    independent   nation. 
The    English,    with   the   brothers    Howe, 

Embarked   to    seize    New    York ; 
They    numbered   thirty    thousand   men, 

All    eager    for   the   work. 
The    battle    of   Long   Island   brought  Aug  27,  1776. 

The   patriots   sore   defeat; 
In   fog,    they   made    escape,    while    Howe 

Was   waiting   for   the   fleet. 
The    British   followed  to    New    York, 

And    Washington    was   found 
At   Harlem    Heights.      They   moved   their  troops 

His   army   to   surround,  • 
But   Washington   withdrew  in  part 

His   forces   to    White   Plains, 
Where    soon   the   British  general 

Important  victory   gains.  Oct.  28, 1776. 

The  Hessians  took    Fort   Washington,  NOV.  16,1776. 

And   lost   a    thousand    men, 


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But   gained    two    thousand   patriots 

To   fill   their   prison    pen. 
The    troops   across  New   Jersey's   land 

With   Washington    made    flight  ; 
They  crossed   the   ice-filled   Delaware 

In    boats,    on    Christmas    night  ; 
Dec.  26, 1776.     At    Trenton    killed    some    Hessian   troops, 

Secured    a   thousand    more, 
And   safe    re-crossed    the    Delaware; 

Their   loss   was    only    four. 
Again   he    crossed   the    Delaware, 

At   Trenton    took   his   post, 
Jan.  3, 1777.      On   Princeton   made    a   night   attack ; 

The   foe   three   hundred   lost. 
The    Howes,   with   eighteen   thousand   men, 

Embarked   for   Chesapeake ; 
And   Washington   departed    South, 

The   enemy   to   seek. 
He   placed   eleven    thousand   men 

In   camp   on    Brandywme, 


MRS.    MARY    A.     L1VKKMURE. 


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And   stood  at   Chad's   Ford   to   oppose 

The    enemy's   design. 
The    Hessians   met   them   at   the   front, 

Cornwallis    in   the    rear  ; 
The   patriot   troops  were   put    to   flight ;       Sept.  n,  1777. 

Their  losses  were   severe. 
Pulaski   and   brave   La   Fayette 

Displayed   their   valor   well, 
But   British   numbers   won   the   day, 

And    Philadelphia   fell.  SeP4  **>  w?. 

Then    Washington,   at   German  town, 

Led   on   a   bold   attack,  Oct.  4, 1777. 

And  though    almost   victorious, 

The    patriots    fell   back. 
The  British    fleet   and   army   gained 

The   forts    of  Delaware ; 
To    Valley   Forge    the    patriots   marched, 

For   winter   to   prepare. 
Burgoyne's   ten    thousand   soldiers   took          June,  i777. 

The   forts   on   Lake   Champlain; 


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Aug  16,  i777.     But   General   Stark,    at   Benniugton, 

Resolved   to   die    or   gain. 
Sept.  19 &  Oct.  7.    Two   fights   at   Saratoga   brought 

The    British   woeful   fates; 
o«.  i7>  1777      Burgoyne    surrendered   up   his   troops 

And   sword    to   General    Gates. 
The    British,    in    Connecticut, 
'777.  The  town  of  Danbury   burned ; 

Sag    Harbor,    burned    by  Colonel  Meigs, 

The  injury    returned. 
The  Continental   soldiers  strove 
With    hunger,    sickness,  cold, 
And  forty   paper   dollars    bought 

One   dollar's   wortli   in    gold. 
By   Franklin's   efforts    was   secured 

The   sympathy   of   France, 
Who   sent   a   fleet   and   soldiers   out 

The   patriot   cause    to   advance. 
June  28, 1778.     At   Monmouth,    General    Clinton's   troops 
Were   putting   Lee    to   flight, 


GEN.    WILLIAM   TECUMSEH    SHERMAN. 

Born  1820,  died  February  14,  1891,  graduated  at  West  Point  1840,  achieved  distinction  in  the 
Civil  War  by  his  "  March  to  the  Sea  "  1864,  and  other  services. 


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Then  Washington   led   back   the   men, 

And    Clinton   left   tit   night. 
The    French   and   English   navies   met 

Off  Narragansett    Bay  ;  juiy  29,  i778. 

A   fight   was   thwarted  by   a   storm 

That   drove    the   ships   away. 
'The    massacre    of   Wyoming,  July  3, 1778. 

Enacted   in    July, 
By   tory   troops   and   savages, 

Description  would   defy. 
The    British   troops   in    Georgia    took 

Savannah   arid   Augusta,  Dec  29,  i778. 

-And  Prevost's  force  to  Charleston  marched,    April  27,  i779. 

But,   met   by   Lincoln's   muster, 
They   hastily   retraced   their   steps,  May«,  i779. 

Retreating   to    Savannah, 
And    Lincoln   followed   in   the  fall, 

Allied   with  France's   banner. 
Attack    was    made  ;    a    thousand   men  Oct.  9, 1779. 

And   brave   Pulaski   fell; 


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The    French   refused   their   further   aid, 

Although   they'd    fought   so   well. 
Connecticut's   most   noted   towns 
July,  1779-  By   Tryou   were   invaded, 

Who,  though  he  burned  or  plundered  each, 

His   clemency   paraded. 
Eight   hundred   men   to    Stony    Point 
juiy  iS,  1779          Were  led   by   General   Wayne, 
By   strategy   and   night   attack 

The   fortress  they   regain. 
The   atrocities   of  Wyoming 

Severely  were   repaid 
By   Sullivan,   who    led    his   troops 
Aug.,  1779-          Upon   a   vengeful  raid. 

He   burned   some   forty  villages 

Among  the   famed    Six   Nations; 
But   Indian    hatred   fiercer   grew, 

By   all    these    tribulations. 
American   success   was   great, 

With   ships   and    privateers; 


CARICATURK    OK    THK    MILITIA     OF    THE    CIVIL    WAR. 


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About   five   hundred   British   ships 

Were    captured    in   three   years. 
Paul   Jones   went   cruising  with  his  fleet, 

Along   the    English   coast, 
And    conquered    the    Serapis  there,  Sept.  23)  i779. 

But    Bon   Homme   Richard    lost. 
Then    Clinton   came  to  Charleston's  siege, 

Which   forty   days   it   bore, 
Till   Lincoln   had   to  yield   his    troops  May  12, 1780. 

As   prisoners   of  war. 
The   British   made   marauding   trips, 

Through   Carolina's   lands, 
Which    Marion,   Sumter,    Pickens,    Lee, 

Resisted    with   their  bands. 
Then   Gates   marched   South,  the   losing  cause 

At   Camden   to   regain ; 
Cornwallis   put   his   troops    to    flight,  Aug.  16, 1780. 

And   brave    De  Kalb    was   slain. 
West   Point   was   nearly   yielded   up 

By   Benedict   Arnold's   treason, 


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Sept  23, 1780.    But   Major   Andre's   captors   learned 

The   secret  just   in    season. 
Bad    Arnold,    by   a    messenger, 
Was   warned   in   time    to   fly. 
Good   Andre   rules    of  war   condemned, 
o«.  2, 1780.         They   hung   him    as   a   spy. 

Nat   Greene   succeeded    General    Gates, 

And    Tarleton   was   defeated 
Jan.  17, 1781.     At   Cowpens,   by  the   Southern   troops, 

With   Morgan.    They   retreated, 
Jan.  &  Feb.  1781.  And  joined   by   Greene,    the   feeble  band 

Virginia  safely   gain  ; 
Cornwallis    followed,   but   the   streams 

Were   swollen   by   the   rain. 
When   rested,    Greene   resumed    the   war, 
March  15, 1781.        At   Guilford   Court   House   fought, 

Where,   though    the    British  gained   the   day, 

The   field  was  dearly   bought. 
In   South   Carolina   Greene   gave   help, 
Sept.  s,  i78i         At   Eutaw  Springs  gave   fight, 


GEN.    ULYSSES   S.   GRANT. 

Born  1822,  died  1885,  graduated  at  West  Point  1843.     General  of  Union  forces  in  the  Civil 
War,  elected  President  1868,  re-elected  President  1872. 


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That   led   the    British   troops   to   leave 
For   Charleston   in    the    nijrht. 

O 

The   traitor    Arnold   led    a   force 

To   gratify   his   hate, 
And   burned    and   plundered    brutally  Jan.,  1781. 

Within   Virginia's   State. 
Corn \vallis   taking   Arnold's   place 

Destroyed   ten   millions'  worth ;  ay  ^ 

Against  his   forts   at   Yorktown   marched 

The  forces   from    the   North, 
Who,    led   by    Washington,  encamped 

About    twelve    thousand   strong, 
Americans   and  Frenchmen  joined, 

A   brave    and    hearty  throng. 
They   fired   ships    with   red-hot   shells, 

And   forts   were   battered   down ; 
Cornwallis,   seeing   no    escape, 

Surrendered    up   the    town.  Oct  19, 1781. 

His   seven    thousand   troops  marched  out, 

Gave    up   the   arms   they   bore, 


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And   all   the  patriots   gladly   hailed 

The  closing   of   the    war. 
A   year   the    British    Charleston  held, 

Prepared   for   warlike    work, 
Two   years   their   soldiers    occupied 
1783.  Savannah  and   New   York. 

Lord   North,   by    English   sentiment, 

His  ministry   resigned; 
Sept.  3, 1783.     In   Paris,  seventeen    eighty -three, 

The   terms   of  peace    were   signed. 
The  struggle    left    America 

With   poverty   distressed, 
1787.          But   Shay's  rebellion   at  the   North 

By   Lincoln   was  suppressed. 
The   thirteen   States  had   through   the   war 

Preserved   confederation  ; 
They   met   at   Philadelphia   now 

To   form   themselves   a   nation. 
In   seventeen   hundred   eighty   seven 
Sept.  17,  J787.         They  framed   the  Constitution, 


PHILIP   SHERIDAN. 


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Which    came   in   force    in    eighty-nine  1789. 

By   general   resolution. 
Electors  of  the    United    States 

In    unity   arose ; 
George    Washington   for    President,  1789. 

With    glad   acclaim    they    chose. 
By    Alexander    Hamilton 

Financial   laws   were    made, 
With    duties   on    imported   goods 

And   on    the    spiiit   trade. 
The    latter   made    the    whiskey   men 

Against   the   law   rebel,  1794. 

And    fifteen    thousand   men   came    out 

The    malcontents   to    quell. 
Two    armies   in    the    West   both    failed 

The    Indians   to    restrain, 
Until  their    country    was   laid    waste  i794. 

Before   mad   Anthony   Wayne. 
Affairs   of  state   were    well   controlled 

In   Washington's   eight   years, 


116  Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme. 

And    treaties   were   with   England   nuide, 

With    Spain    and   with    Algiers. 
1707-          John    Adams,  by   the    Federalists, 

Was    President   elected ; 
The   alien   and  sedition   laws 

His   government   effected. 
America   fell   out  with   France, 

And   many  insults   bore  ; 
Napoleon   gained    the    Consulship, 

1800.  And   wisely   saved   a   war. 

Dec.  14,1799.     "The    Father   of  his   Country"  died 

In    seventeen    ninety-nine  ; 
The   homage   of    the    land   was   paid 
Around    Mount  Vernon's   shrine. 

1801.  The   wise   and   brilliant   Jefferson, 

The    "Sage    of  Monticello," 
Was  chosen   by    Republicans, 

John    Adams'    term   to    follow. 
Then    fifteen    millions,   paid    to    France, 
1803.  Louisiana   bought ; 


1    r 


Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme.  119 

And   Hamilton   with   Aaron   Burr  1804. 

His   deadly   duel  fought. 
The  war   with    Tripoli   occurred  1801-05. 

That   pirate   dues   might  cease, 
Bombardment   of  the   port  secured 

Desired   terms   of  peace. 
While    French   and   English  were   at  war, 

Americans   carried   cargo, 
'The     Leopard   took  the    Chesapeake,  1807. 

And  Congress  made    Embargo.  Dec.  22, 1807. 

Republicans   as    candidate 

James    Madison   selected, 
And   after  Jefferson's   t\vo   terras 

He    too    was   twice   elected. 
The    British    roused    the    Indian    tribes, 

Who  made    attack    by    night, 
At    Tippecanoe,    on    Harrison,  NOV.  7,  i8«. 

But   suffered  in    the    fight. 
'The    seamen    of  America 

By   England   were    impressed ; 


120  Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme. 

Their   ships   were   seized   and   all   resolved 

These    wrongs  should   bo    redressed. 
A   shot    against    the    President 
May  16,  isn.         Was   fired   by   Little   Belt, 

But   civil   answer    was    returned, 

When    the    frigate's   guns    were    felt. 
The    War   of  Eighteen    Hundred    Twelve* 
juneiq.iSu.         With    England    was    declared, 

And    armaments   on   land   and    sea, 

With   vigor   were    prepared. 
The    British,   under    General    Brock, 

Advanced   to   take    Detroit, 
Aug.  16, 1812.    And   Hull   surrendered    up    the    place, 

Disgraced   by    this    exploit. 
Another   failure    was   sustained, 
Oct.  13, 1812.         Attacking    Queenstown    Heights  ; 
But    these    disgraces   were    retrieved 

By    brilliant    naval    fights. 
Aug.  19, 1812.    The    Constitution*    Captain    Hull, 
Subdued    the    Cruerriere ; 


ADMIRAL   DAVID    FARRAGUT. 

Born  iSoi,  died  1870.      Rendered  distinguished  naval  services  during  the  Civil  War,  at  New 
Orleans,  Mobile,  and  other  places. 


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The    Wasp  shot   off  the   Frolic  s   crew,           Oct  a,  1812. 

Until   her   decks    were    bare. 
The    Macedonian  struck   her   flag  Oct.25. 1812. 

To    Commodore   Decatur , 
And    Bainbridge   took   the   Java   next,          Dec.  29, 1812. 

And    burned    her   three  days   later. 
The    daring    Yankee   privateers 

Excited    British   fear, 
For   quite    three    hundred   merchant   ships 

Were    captured   in    a   year. 
The    armies    sent    to    Canada 

Returned    without   success ; 
But   Perry's   vessels,    on    the    Lakes,  sept.  10,  1813. 

Brought  Stars  and   Stripes   redress. 
The    Indians  joined    the    British  troops, 

And   fought  both   South   and   West; 
Tecumseh's   death,   at   River  Thames,  Oct.  5>  .813. 

Their   savage   zeal    depressed. 
The   Hornet   took    the    Peacock,    brig,  Feb.  24, 1813. 

And   sank   her    by   her   cannon ; 


124  Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme. 

June  i,  1813.    But   Lawrence,  in    the    Chesapeake, 

Fell   victim  to   the    Shannon. 
The    British  ships   made   ravages 

Along   the    Southern    coast, 
And   many   of  the    citizens 

Their  homes   and   fortunes   lost, 
juiy  5. 1814.     Scott   won   the   fight   at    Chippewa, 
juiy  25,  i8.4.        And   also   Lundy's  Lane  ; 

McDonough    took   the    British   fleet, 
sept,  ii,  1814.        That   fought   on    Lake  Champlain. 
AuK.  24, 1814     The    British   captured  Washington, 
Sept.  12, 1814.        But   failed   at   Baltimore  ; 

They   captured    ships   and   plundered  towns 

Along   the    Northern    shore. 
December   twenty-fourth,   at   Ghent, 
Dec.  24, 1814.        A   treaty   settled   peace  ; 
Jan.  s,  1815.     But   Jackson    won    New    Orleans'   fight 

Before    the   war   could   cease. 
To  fill   the   Presidential   chair, 
1817.  Monroe  two   terms   was  sought; 


GEN.   JOHN    A.    LOGAN. 

Born  1826,  died  1 886.     Statesman  and  General, 


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Missouri   Compromise    was    made  March  3,  '&». 

And   Florida   was   bought.  ^9- 

John    Quincy   Adams   next  in   turn  l82s- 

Four   years   secured   the   seat; 
Protective    tariffs    were    enforced, 

And   brought   about   defeat. 
Then  Andrew  Jackson  served  eight  years,          1829. 

And   put   down    "Nullification;"  1832. 

He   let   the  victors   share  the   spoils 

In    office    by    "rotation." 
By    limiting    the    public    Bank,  1833. 

All   commerce   was   distressed; 
In    Black    Hawk's    War,   the    Indians  l83*- 

Were   conquered    in   the   West. 
The    Seminoles,   in    Florida, 

By    Osceola   led, 
For   years   maintained   a   bloody    war; 

They  slaughtered    Major   Dade.  Dec.  2s, 1835. 

Van    Buren,   by   the    Democrats,  '837. 

Was   chosen   for   a    term ; 


128  Illustrated   Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme. 

A   crisis   came  in   thirty-seven  — 
,837.  A   great  financial   storm. 

3837-38.         Rebellion  in   the  Canadas 

An   English   war  fomented ; 
The  "  Northeast    Boundary  "  fanned  the  flame, 

But   bloodshed   was  prevented. 
!84I.          The   Whigs  elected    Harrison, 
April 4, 1841.          Who    served  a   month   and  died; 
And  Tyler,   the   Vice-President, 

Was   called  on    to  preside. 
He   vetoed  measures   of  the   Whigs; 
1842.  Rhode  Island  quelled    sedition ; 

The  Southern   Ocean    was   explored 
1842.  By   Wilkes'  Expedition  ; 

1844.  The    "Anti-Renters,"    in    New   York, 

By   force    of  arms  were    quelled; 

1845.  The   Mormons,   out  of   Illinois, 

By   riots   were   expelled. 
1845-          The  Democrats  elected  Polk, 

Though   Whigs  supported  Clay  ; 


HARRIET   BEECHER    STOWE. 

Author  of  "  Uncle  Tom's  Cabin." 


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Both   Oregon   and    Texas  formed 

The    questions  of   the   clay. 
The   Northwest  Boundary  Line  was  fixed, 

And    Texas    was   annexed ;  l84s. 

But   Mexico    still    claimed    this   State, 

And  thus   to    war  was  vexed. 
Then    Taylor  marched    to    Rio    Grande, 

At     Palo     AltO     fought  ;  May  8,  1846. 

Resaca   de   la    Palma   too,  May9,  .s46. 

A    brilliant   victory    brought. 
He   gained   the   day   at   Monterey,  Sept.  24,  i846. 

And    Buena   Vista    won,  Feb.  23,1847. 

Though   Santa    Anna   bravely   fought 

Till   setting    of  the    sun. 
New   Mexico    was   quickly   gained 

By   General   Kearney   then, 
And   California   was   won 

By   John    C.    Fremont's  men. 
Then  Winfield   Scott   took   Vera  Cruz;        March 29, i847. 

Through   several   fights   he   bore 


132  Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme. 

Sept.  i4,  i847.     The    Stars    and    Stripes    to    Mexico, 
Feb.  2,  is48.          And    treaty    closed    the    war. 
1846  Wilmot's   Proviso    aimed    to   keep 

All  'slavery   from   new   States; 
This   roused   the    people    North   and-  South 

To   violent   debates. 
In  forty-eight   a  workman   found 

1848.  The    California   gold ; 

And    thousands   flocked   from   all  the   lands 
Where'er  the    tale    was   told. 

1849.  The   Whigs    now  Zachary    Taylor    chose, 
July  ^,1850.          Who    died   the    following   year; 

And    Millard   Fillraore    occupied 

The    Presidential    chair. 
Domestic  slavery   now   became 

The    question    of   the    day, 
^850.          And   compromises   were  secured 

By    Webster   and   by    Clay. 
The    "filibusters"    made    attempts 

For   Cuba's  annexation; 


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But    Lopez   met   defeat   and   death, 

And   roused   Spain's   indignation. 
The    Democrats   now   gained    the  day, 

Electing   Franklin    Pierce  ;  ,8S3. 

The   Kansas   and    Nebraska    Bill  May,  i854. 

Made    slavery    conflicts    fierce. 
Ten    millions,    paid   to    Mexico, 

Arranged   the   boundary   line, 
And    Perry's   visit    caused    Japan. 

Trade    privilege   to   assign.  i8S4 

Buchanan    next   was   President,  '8?7- 

And    during   his  four   years, 
Discussions    upon   slavery 

Excited   general  fears. 
.Some    Northern   States   opposed   the   Law 

That   fugitives   returned ; 
.John    Brown  an  insurrection  made,  1859. 

And   Southern    anger   burned. 
When  Abraham  Lincoln   gained  his  place,         i86t. 

Seven   Southern   States   seceded,  uec.  20, 1860. 


136  Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme. 

Feb.4, 1861-     And   organized    Confederate   States, 

By    Jefferson    Davis   headed. 

April  12,1861.    Fort   Sumter   yielded;    Northern   blood 
April  19, 1861.        In    Baltimore    was    shed  ; 

Virginia    was   the  battle   ground 

To   which    the    troops   were   led. 
The    Northerners    sustained    defeat 
July 21, 1861.         At  the    Battle    of   Bull    Run; 

1861.         At   Carthage,    Wilson's    Creek,   Ball's    Bluff* 

The    South    more   victories    won. 
The    North   some    minor    battles   gained, 

Gave    Border   States  their   aid, 
And   off    the    seaports    of   the    South 

Their   ships    maintained   blockade. 
Commissioners,    from    Southern   States, 
NOV.  s,  1861.         Were    seized    on    board   the    Trent ; 
When    England    made    remonstrances, 

Apologies    were   sent. 

i&o2.         Fort   Henry   and    Fort   Donaldson, 
With   Island    Number    Ten, 


JAMES    A.    GARFIELD. 


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Shiloh   and    Murfreesborough's   fights, 

Were    won   by   Northern    men. 
Antietam's   indecisive   fight  Sept.  i7>  1862. 

Made  Lee's    command   fall   back, 
And    thus   protected    Washington 

From    danger   of  attack. 
The    Monitor   whipped   the  Merrimac,  March  i9)  1862 

Preventing   great  defeat ; 
New    Orleans    was   forced    to   yield  April  25)  1862. 

To    Farragut   with  his   fleet ; 
Confederate    victories    were    won 

By   Jackson   and   by   Lee; 
Then    Lincoln's  Proclamation   came,  Jan.  i,  1863. 

That  made   the   negroes   free. 
The   South   at   Chickamauga   won,  Sept.  20,  isej. 

And    Chancellorsville    was   gained;  May 3,1863. 

In   Charleston,    spite    of  all    attacks, 

The    Southern   troops   remained. 
The    Northern  forces   Vicksburg   gained,         juiy>  .S63. 

And  Chattanooga's  height ;  NOV.  25>  1863. 


140  Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme. 

jniy  1-3, 1863.    The   three   days'   fight   at   Gettysburg, 

Turned   Lee's   advance    to   flight. 
May,  1864.       The    Wilderness,   and    other  fields, 

Were   won    by    General   Lee, 
NOV.,  1864.      But   Sherman   made   his   famous  march 

Through   Georgia   to   the   sea, 
And   Northern   armies  gained   success 
Throughout  the    South   and    West, 
While    "  on    to    Richmond "    General   Grant 

With   firm    persistence   pressed. 
Through    Carolina   Sherman   marched, 
Feb.  17,  i86S.         Columbia   was   taken  ; 
Feb.  18, 1865.     And   Charleston    threatened   in   the   rear. 

By   Southerners    was   forsaken. 
On    April  third,   in   sixty-five, 
April  3, 1865.         Lee   out   of  Richmond   fled, 
Apni9,  1865.     And    on   the    ninth  surrendered  up 

The    troops  he'd   bravely   led. 
This   civil  war,   they   estimate, 
Three   thousand   millions  cost, 


MRS.    I.UCRETIA   OARFIELD. 

Wife  of  President  Garfield. 


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And   on   both   sides,  'tis  probable, 

A   million   lives  were    lost. 
A   second  term   as   President 

To    Lincoln   was  secured; 
Booth   killed   him    by   a   pistol  shot,  April  14,  «86S. 

When   peace   was  just   assured. 
Then    Andrew   Johnson   measures   took 

The    Union   to   restore ; 
He   freely   pardoned   all   the  South, 

Except   the   chief  in  war. 
But  Congress,  favoring  sterner   plans, 

His   vetoes   set   aside ; 
With  "  carpet-bag "    and  negro   rule 

The    Southern    States   were   tried. 
Impeachment   of  the  President  1868. 

Failed   only   by  one   vote; 
The  "Freedman's  Bureau,"  "Civil  Rights," 

Were   measures  of  great   note. 
Atlantic    Cable   then    was   laid;  July,  1866. 

Alaska's   lands    were   bought ;  ,867. 


144  Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme. 

1868.  A    treaty    was    with    China    made ; 

In    Canada    Fenians    fought. 

1869.  Now    Grant   became .  the    President ; 

Two    terms   his   valor   earned ; 
Pacific    Railroad    crossed    the    land ; 

Prosperity   returned. 

Oct.  s,  1871.      Great   fires   in    Chicago   raged, 
NOV.  9,  is/a.         In   Boston    and  the  West; 

The    threatening    "  Alabama    Claims," 

Geneva's   Board    redressed. 
1873.         Financial    crisis    came    again, 

Through  railroads'    bad   condition ; 
In    Philadelphia   was   held 

1876.  Centennial    Exhibition. 

The   votes   securing   Tilden's    seat, 

Conflicting   questions    raise ; 
Electoral   commission    finds 

1877.  One   extra   vote   for   Hayes. 

A   railroad   strike    'gainst   lower   pay, 
1877.  Produced    the    Pittsburg   riot; 


GEN.  BENJAMIN   F«   BUTLER. 

Born  1818,  Governor  of  Massachusetts  1882.     Rendered   eminent   service  as  Congressional 

Representative  from  Massachusetts,  as  member  of  Impeachment  Committee  of  President 

Andrew  Johnson,  and  as  Major-general  in  Civil  War. 


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A  hundred  lives  were  sacrificed, 

Before  restoring  quiet. 
Five  millions  and  a  half  were  paid 

As  fishery  award  ;  1878. 

And  specie  payments  through  the  land 

Were  finally  restored. 
Then  Garfield  was  made  President,  issi. 

But  fell  by  Guiteau's  hand;  juiya.issi. 

And  Arthur  filled  the  vacant  place,  sept.  26,  issi. 

As  ruler  of  the  land. 
In  eighty-four  the  People's  vote,  'S&t- 

Bade  Cleveland  guide  the  nation. 
He  said  "  whoever  serves  the  State 

Must  pass  Examination." 
And  Civil  Service  long  discussed, 

Was  put  in  operation. 
Ben.  Harrison  comes  next  in  power, 

And  changes  fill  the  air,  1888. 

McKinley  makes  the  tariff  higher  1890. 

Chicago  wins  the  fair ; 


148  Illustrated  Story  of  the    Union  in  Rhyme. 

Which  is  to  celebrate  Columbus' 

Discovery  of  San  Salvador 
Four  hundred  years  before. 

The  working-man  and  millionaire 
Are  seeking  hard  to  find 

How  both  can  share  in  harmony 
The  toil  of  hand  and  mind. 

The  farmers,  miners  in  the  West 
Ask  silver  coined  for  all. 

The  Eastern  men  cry  "  Reciprocity 
We  want  no  Chinese  wall 

'Gainst  and  Canada  and  South  America, 
For  trade  will  make  us  one — " 

And  thus,  Republics,  Empires,  Provinces 
Unite  in  one  great  Union. 

Behold  amid  the  breaking  dawn 
Of  twentieth  century's  morn, 

O'er  all  the  western  world 
One  starry  flag  unfurled. 


GROVER   CLEVELAND. 

Born  1837,  elected  Governor  of  New  York  1882,  elected  President  1884. 


Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme.  J 

SUMMARY  OF   COLONIES  AND  STATES. 

The  first  enduring  settlement, 

Where  English  people  stayed, 
At  Jamestown,  in  Virginia,  1(5o7< 

In  sixteen  seven  was  made. 
In  sixteen  thirteen,  at  New  York,  1613. 

Wrecked  Dutchmen  built  a  shanty ; 
To  Massachusetts  Pilgrims  came, 

In  sixteen  hundred  twenty.  1620. 

New  Hampshire's  lands  were  occupied  1623. 

In  sixteen  twenty-three ; 
In  thirty-four,  to  Maryland,  1634. 

Came  Catholics  'cross  the  sea. 
From  thirty-three  to  thirty-six 

Connecticut  was  won  ;  1633-36. 

In  thirty-six,  by  Williams'  friends,  1636. 

Rhode  Island  was  begun, 
The  Swedes  encamped  in  Delaware  1633. 

In  sixteen  thirty-eight ; 
Jn  sixty-four,  Elizabethtown 

Began  New  Jersey's  State.  i«4. 


152  Illustrated  Story  of  the    Union  in  Rhyme. 

1664.  The  English  navy  took  New  York 

In  sixteen  sixty-four  ; 
And  from  this  time  the  colony 

An  English  title  bore. 
Year  sixteen  hundred  sixty-five, 

1665.  Is  North  Carolina's  date  ; 
In  sixteen  seventy  began 

,670.  South  Carolina's  State. 

:682.  Penn  came  to  Pennsylvania 

In  sixteen  eighty-two  ; 
In  seventeen  hundred  thirty-three 
1733.  To  Georgia  debtors  go. 

These  thirteen  States  the  Union  formed^ 

And  scarce  three  millions  held ; 
Now  forty-four  compose  the  land, 

With  sixty  millions  filled. 
Now  four  large  territories  lie 

Around  the  Western  border, 
And  thirty-one  new  States  have  been 
Admitted  in  this  order  : 


PRESIDENT  BENJAMIN  HARRISON. 

Born  1833,  Brigadier-general  in  Civil  War,  in  1880  Senator  from  Indiana,   in  1888  elected 

President. 


lSl2 


Illustrated  Story  of  the    Union  in  Rhyme.              155 

Vermont,  Kentucky,  Tennessee, 

Ohio,  Louisiana  — 
The  latter  fairly  bought  from  France  — 

The  next  was  Indiana.  1816. 

Then  Mississippi,  Illinois,  |j|£ 

With  Alabama,  Maine;  I1!1?- 

( Io2O. 

Missouri  and  Arkansas  next,  |J|'^ 

And  then  came  Michigan.  1837. 

Now  Florida  and  Texas  next,  1845. 

With  Iowa  come  on  ;  1846. 

Wisconsin,  California,  \^fd. 

Minnesota,  Oregon.  |j||^; 

Then  Kansas,  West  Virginia ;  j  l|]; 

Nevada  and  Nebraska  1864. 

Precede  centennial  Colorado;  jls;!! 

Soon  North  and  South  Dakota ;  »W8. 
Montana,  Washington  crowd  in, 


J-S90. 

Then  Idaho,  Wyoming. 


156  Illustrated  Story  of  the    Union  in  Rhyme. 
THE  PRESIDENTS. 

\  17,97*  First  Washington,  Adams  and  Jefferson  came  ; 

(  loOi  • 

j  If?9.;  Then  Madison  ;  next  James  Monroe  ; 

1825.  With  John  Quincy  Adam's  notable  name, 
|  Jf]?,;  Andrew  Jackson,  Van  Buren  must  go. 


i.       Then  Harrison,  Tyler  and  Polk  took  their  turn 

5'  * 

SlSiQ. 
1849.  With  Taylor  and  Fillmore  and  Pierce  : 

'§53. 

|  Ifl?;       Buchanan  and  Lincoln  the  honor  next  earn, 
lS6s-  And  Johnson,  through  murder  so  fierce. 

1869.        Then  Grant  for  two  terms  was  supreme  in  the 

land; 

1877.  And  the  seat  was  next  given  to  Hayes  ; 

issi.        When  Garfield  had  died  by  a  murderous  hand, 
issi.  Then  Arthur  to  power  they  raise. 

New  York  then  supplies  a  man  for  the  nation, 
1334.  And  Cleveland  appears  at  the  head  ; 

isss.        He  yields  to  Harrison's  administration, 
But  who  shall  come  in  Ids  stead  ? 


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